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When the college kids come home

WHEN MY COLLEGE KIDS RETURNED HOME AFTER THE University of Tennessee canceled live classes for the semester because of coronavirus, my wife and I laid down the law. “You’re in a functioning home now,” we said. “This isn’t a college dorm. We’ll go to bed at a decent hour and get up at a decent hour.”

Exactly 10 days later, I found myself logging at 1:30 a.m., just minutes after we finished bingeing on Netflix. I logged off at 2:40 a.m. My college son was already fast asleep.

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